The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-11-05
A FAMOUS MINING TOWN.
lEADVlLLE AND THE RELATIONS
OF ITS MORALS AND ITS VICES.

OF ITS MORALS AND ITS VICES.
Place Where Justice Is sure and
Swift-Cambling az II Ensinrs>--N"isy
kcno-i;oulettc Under Suspirion-.l'n,lrr
and Faro-Talmagcs Visit.
Many people are under the impression that
L"adville is n very wicked city. This is I,
mistake. l.caivlle has lis morals and lis
vices. and the relations between them are
somcwh hat peculiar. Ii is submitted without
argument that III u community which send,
the president of its First National bank to the
pcnitcnilarv for ten Years cannot he said tu
| hr without considerable moral tone. Lead
Vile did Just that with Il man vino had t,.
traycl Il trust ;ii,! so far has refused to iuin
Ill sentimental! movement tor IL pardon. An
nsSaycr Of good position, who had l,a!i.l his
science toa conspiracy for stealing rlch ore,
followed the banker down the Grand CANYON
and into ~; fremont behind the bars. Nine
officials and Others have gone III" same way
Tor plllmirrins employers. The L";Mvillr
code Is not an extensive "mr. but iuslic" fol
lows swift and sure upon imfra,ioii> of it.
Having decided To tolerate gtmhliu., l.";,,i-
vile does so i'll the nioSt "pen'h;uldrl millrr
Some of the hest locations on the Nv ,.i.iir are
given up to the votaris"' of iir;ie fortune.
There is none of the h,lnrriSy ii. ha t drawn
blinds. The doors are thrown wi,l.upcn, and
from the street cun he seen at amy time ,c
green tables surrounded by the PLAYERS, Mhir
the click of the chip, and the haw ling ,r ,h"
imam at I'll" keno goose iail upon the ears of
the p,sSer hy. Gambling in Iratlyllc isu
business.
Our running expenses said Con Fra,..-
crlv, one of the proprieturs OF the Texas. "a.r
$500 II month When the house opened in
lS19lt ran behind steadily for six months,
and cam" pretty near going under. Then ii
took II turn fer the better and run ;,ncui /.
we take in $4,000 or $4,000 ,,ul.h >y, ;rn
pretty we'll satisfied. That pays running, cx
l~nses and leaves Il margin for profit
y GORGEOUS BAR
Down stairs there is tie bar On one s.,
gorgeous with its mammoth mirror and its
array of cut glass a lunch counter Just
across the way is also doing 'd,sili,.>s. On
blacllboards are tliSpiaycl thu sores of the
days baseball games, tine result, ct the races
and the grain and stock quotations from the
eist. To the right is II room ,.iih half "A
dozen games of faro in progress AID "u.n tu
nll come ;. Back of the faro room is the
business Office of the establishment Then
comes II long, high chamber. where ii hun
| drcd men try hour after hour tn put five hut
tons i'll II row on II numbered card, whil,. !,
loud voiced young man whrlS tine goose and
calls ont the number of each little hall ms i,
falls into his hand. There are electric de.
vices I" show at Il glance the exact m,ilmLci
OF cards taken "nt and the Consequent pot t.
got to TIN, holder "f the winning card. Til,
IS Keno 1t Is the popular game, and the
noisy one us well, so the players are Sli"t into
big room hv themselves. l3ut fare Il Il,
Keno are only Two of the games which til,
Texas provides for its patrons Aljoinins
the Keno room tho roulette has its corner and
q pleasant faced man whiils he whe' unt,
the marble i'll o: poSte directions, reritiug, IA
II low, well molulatcl vol e:
"l}lack or red, odd ur even. high on low.
Thirty-ive for Il single nDnlcr Round and
round the little ball goes. Roll ii for Your
self if you like
Roulette, the great game of the European
resorts, is not popular in I.ealville. Now and
then Il young clerk or II tailoring man will
stop and risk dollar on the black or red, but
the play is seldom heavy. The fact is the
wheel Is rather under suspicion in the western
country. Smart gamblers have becr nl,le To
! fix 1t up by magnetism and electrical currents
81" that the little marble found its way too
often to the single OF 90, both Of which
sweep tho board for the house. Mrxir;ns like
roulette, but Americans give ii Il wide BERTH
The dice table, where the dealer sits behind u
monstrolls box aud rattlcs down tll. cnl,os. j.,
better patronze'l. 'Stutlhorsc pukcr'' has
some admirers, but straight poker is always
sure Of i, tuLlcful In the rooms on the first
floor everybody come, and goes at will Mei,
reach over each others shoulders to lay down
their bets. Downstairs is for the crowd Tn
stairs is for the heavy bcttcrs
Tile largest winning at II single Setting
that remember said Mr. teatllerIy aft,l,
taking n few moments to consider tn" ,,lios-
ion. "was sIG.O0D rerollcrt II lii. gam,
we had one Saturday night in the front
room We had been playing all the evening;
and about II O'Clock there vas SOM. talk
about stopping. The house was ont s::,'to on
the game One Of two of the player, started
togo, but came back and said that it was
showing so that man couldn't sec ton fret
ahead of linn. So the game was Kept ,lp all
might until $ o'clocl, Sunday .lurnlny, and
chen we stopped the house was slOOoD ahead.
besides recovering the $500 behind N, II
o'clock the night before.
THE CHARM WAS BRoKEN,
These big games are sometimes affected
by things which people who do not gamble
would consider trivial" continued Mr Fcatli-
/ criy. we lad game going ono night in
the back room and the lcincipal players were
tHo eastern men who lIul come here tu biv n
! mine. They had drafts in their pockets for
$lub,Hh. One was Il man worth $i.OW,MW OF
| s3,MD,O0. Tho betting heavy About
IL o'clock some Of tho room, We're closed
The players were into the game about So, o.
For some reason We moved from the back
room mt" Tic front room ami went ON. The
4 PLAYERS made Il few iet-, fidse'cd about aud
+ then quit TIL" moving from one room to
nn"'hcr had broken the charm. If We lI;ui
| kci,. on in the back room I'll. gam" wo;Ild
have run all night, probably, al! ;.!9,ooJ
might have changed HANDS. tained 10 the
players about it aftnrwarl and the said hat
j. was the change of rooms that ;nad ;l"!!t
4 stop. liia may sound odd I" tho,o :,ho
don't know anything about the litil~ Influence
which affect playing, but all gamblers sill
understand it.
Talmasc visited Lcadvlc once. aud it fell
to the lot of the good Maj Bohn to show lll,n
| the town. II want to ST" il ali, said lie
preacher, and the major gaze up tf.u nj rhts
to the job Some time after mi,;,t2l.i of ,h.
second round tie pair drew ull IN front q.
the hotel
"Havc I seen cvcrythin2." asked the III
vine.
"Evel,ytiling," replied the major, o',-cipn.
tiously.
II have been much instructed. .ui th,.
preacher
He had Summed extensively in New